Rug-holder.



A. W. CLARKE & G. JACKSON.

BUG HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 5. 1918.

1 ,274,006. Patented July 30, 1918.

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ALBERT,WILLIAM CLARKE AND GEORGE JACKSON, 01? COBOUBG, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RUG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented ul y 30, 1918.

Application filed April 5, 1918. Serial No. 226,904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT WVILLIAM CLARKE and GEORGE JAoKsoN, both of the town of Cobourg, in the county of Northumberland, in the Province of Ontario, Ganada, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Rug-Holders, of which the following is the specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in rug holders-and the object of the inven tion is to devise a simple form of holder which will grip a vehicle rug or robe of any thickness and effectually hold it in position without any danger of it slipping ofl the knees of the occupant of the vehicle as -is commonly the case when no holding means is provided and it consists essentially of the following arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of our device showin it attached at one end to the arm of a ve icle seat and at the other end to a rug.

Fig. 2, is a perspective detail of the gripping portion of our device shown in the open position.

Fig. 3, is a cross section through the grip; ping device shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures,

1 indicates a J-shaped member, the outer end of the long arm of which is provided at its inner face with a pad of soft rubber 2. 3 indicates a hinge arm which is hingedly connected to the short arm 1 of the J-mem her. 1 indicates a pad of soft rubber which is secured to the inner face of the swinging arm 3. The outer face of the long arm of the J-shaped member 1 and the outer face of the swinging arm 3 are provided with corresponding corrugations 3 and 1.

5 indicates a rectangular loop member, the cross arms of which are provided with rollers 6 and 7 which engage with the corrugations 1 and 3. 8 indicates a stem which projects upwardly from the inner face of the long arm of the J-member 1 so as to bear against the opposing face of'the swinging member 3 adjacent to the hinge thereby supporting the hinge and preventing strain thereto.

9 indicates a loop which has a swivel con- J nection to the base portion 1 ofythe J-memher 1. 10 indicates a button which extends from the arm 11 of the vehicle seat. 12 indi ates a strap which extends through the loop member 9 and is provided at its free end with button holes 13 which engage the button 10. r

When it is desired to hold the rug all that it is necessary to do is to insert the rug over the pad 2 when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, then swing the member 3 downward so that the pad 4 engages the rug and then force the loop member 5 forward so that the rollers 6 and 7 engage the corrugations 3 and 1 thereby holding the members 3 and 1 together and the pads 2 and 4: pressed against the opposing face of the rug.

From thls description it will be seen that we have devised a very simple form of rug' holder which will gri any thickness of rug and such as will hol the rug securely by means of the rollers 6 and? gripping the corrugations 1 and 3, the thinner the rug, of course, the farther the rollers can be moved toward the free end of the jaw members to the securing position.

It will, of course, be understood that the loop 5 is an open loop at one side so as to allow of a certain'amount of give to enable the rollers to pass over the apices of the corrugations.

The pads 2 and 4 are connected by rivets 2 and 4* which project and form stops by which the loop 5 is prevented from slipping off the ends of the portions 1 and 3.

What we claim as our invention is:

A rug gripping device comprising a J- shaped member. having cross vcorrugations formed on the outer face of the long arm of the J and an opposing member .hingedly connected to the short arm of the J and also provided with cross corrugations on its outer bers.

ALBERT WILLIAM CLARKE. GEORGE JACKSON. Witnesses:

THOMAS FELD HALL, HArrm LOUISE HAWKEI.

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